Interesting video, I have seen one driving and it did not make me gag.

I do not hate Corvettes by any means, I have never owned one and the lack of a manual gear box means I will not be interested in this one currently.

IF I were to buy a new car I would likely buy a Corvette. I looks like a fun car and the entry price isn't prohibitive. I'd drive it a few years and sell it, knowing the depreciation cost was part of the price of the party.

I like it but don't like it at the same time. In my opinion, it looks like a totally different car (it is). And I like the new car. However, it no longer resembles a Corvette. I think it would be a good idea to give this car a new name and not call it what it is no longer.

That will happen right after Porsche stops using 911 as a car name for the top tier car.

2 types of people drive sports cars.
1st type wants to be seen in a sports car.
2nd type wants to drive a sports car.
I'm not sure which one this is, but for me it would be the later.

This has been said about every new generation of Corvette, until the C-5.
The C-5 was the first new corvette that just updated the styling of the previous model.

Not seeing it.
C4

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C5

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I like the look of a C4 over a C5 anyday.

My C6 Z06 is a riot to drive. The interior is basically a Chev. Cavalier interior. The C7 interior was a major improvement.
The C8 will have to grow on me looks wise. GM did a good job on the interior.
Performance wise GM knocked it out of the park for the cost of the vehicle.

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I could be content with a C5 Z06. I don't think any C4 ownership/driver experience would last long.

I had an '08 Z06. I thought it would be the pinnacle of Corvettes, but I was wrong. Still, nothing wrong with a small block 427 with 505hp in a 3,200 lb car.

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A friend of mine had two of them, which helped motivate me. He said his '06 was lighter and faster than his '07 and would break loose the tires as he accelerated though 85mph. It was yellow (the other one was Atomic Orange).

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Anyone complaining about the interior of a car belongs in an appliance.
Anyone complaining about the looks of a car is a fender polisher, not a driver.

That a fact?

"Serious "car guys" no longer allowed to have opinions? I didn't get a copy of that memo, can you share a copy of yours?

Are you really Jerry Seinfeld :D?

I friend of mine has had his chrome bumper C3 Vette since new. It is pretty low mileage. I always liked the over the top styling of the C3. It sure is a POS of a car. The fenders flop around like crazy when driven. During the 1980s the Vette really suffered and when they sold cars with under 150 HP many thought it was the end of the mighty brand.

It was nice to see the slow come back. One of the (single) members of our local PCA region is motorhead. He has a very slick looking 1982 911 SC, and Harley, and a C6 and and a Z06. He loves just driving the Z06 and it has the modern amenities that mostly work as designed. He does not care one iota what anyone else thinks, and he just enjoys his toys. He is a great guy.

Nah, he's been too much of a sourpuss lately to be Jerry. Jerry is happy. Always.

C3 - mine a long time ago-pretty awful in a lot respects -454 powered - still liked it -never missed it. But Im pretty much into anything automotive these days.
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The Electron blue C5Z was too easy to drive fast.
Terrible invasive nannies so always turned them off at the track.
Exiting a fast sweeper the nannies would drag the brakes.
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Still have a black 02 C5Z with 30k miles.

We went through rotors like beer too. But a big bang for the buck and good AC.

People into vintage cars that are stuck in the past, who could see that coming.

Less beer, more brakes!

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I had a set of those on the front of my blue vette.
They worked great and got rid of all the ABS brake shudder.
Soon after burned up the stock wheel bearings so upgraded to SKF bearings

That's good insight since I have a full set of AP's at home waiting to go on my '08 Z06!SmileWavy

Do the wheel bearings before they go, they are apparently a wear item when you have giant, sticky tires, crazy, I know.

Ya. The car is pretty low mileage (13K) and I'd also like to go to full coil-overs and possibly delrin bushings so all food for thought when the suspension gets done!

Love the styling of this car. Flat back window and chrome bumpers.

I love the new Corvette. It looks great and the performance figures are phenomenal. Unfortunately, no manual option so I can't buy one. I will likely end up with a C7 once their owners decide to upgrade to the mid-engine model.

I currently have my dad's 1968 Corvette that he bought new. It needs some work as it handles worse than most trucks. It needs the steering box rebuilt and new brakes.

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Love the photo, Ted! And what are the chances? I rode shotgun in both of those cars that day, taking the opportunities that both you and Johnny Riz so generously offered to help me learn the track. And what a study in contrasts - Johnny stirring the gear box as we are all so familiar with in our beloved 911's, "busy as a one-armed paper hanger". Then the Corvette - I think you went one whole lap without shifting at all, just to see if you could do it. Torque. What a fun thing to have at your disposal. That one session changed my view of the modern Corvette like no other experience with it could have, moving it well up my "must have someday" list. What incredible "bang for the buck".

Corvette have sure come a long way since the 1975 Vette with a paltry 165 hp paltry 165 hp. Zero to 60 in 7.7 seconds.

Of course in the mid 1970s all cars were hit with new federal laws for emissions and there were a lot of crappy cars made back then. We live in a golden age of computer controlled cars and engines and somehow can make 600+ HP and still get 30+ MPG.

and yet they will never surpass this styling.
No reason they can't have great performance in a stylish body.

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Actually there is a reason most cars look the same. Safety regulations. Side impact beams in doors, crumple zones and all the airbags and computers to operate the modern car dictate bigger cars, and restrict free design. Roll over protection, and on and on.

Same thing with building design... it’s harder and harder to find loci for creativity these days as everything gets increasingly prescriptive.

That said there ARE still opportunities and one has to make the most of them when they present themselves. That’s the essence of good design in my book - being able to make functional, beautiful things within constraints (if there are no constraints that’s purely “art”, not “design” per se...). Budget, schedule, expectations of clients / customers, all that.

Aerodynamics!

It also usually takes a "ground up, all new" design to achieve. If the bean counters say nope, you have to use the same old platform and can only change the body panels things get really difficult.

Porsche often starts with a fresh empty computer screen or a concept drawing, and the 911 just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

I have to give Mazda respect, the Miata is very close in weight to the original car, unlike the new "Mini" that is twice the size as the original.

Enjoyed our ride, we were telling jokes and kicking curbs.
Big Jeff shotgun. :):)
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In that car my personal best tank slapper chasing a GT-R.
Front AP rotors squeaking, Kumho 710 tires. :)
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I have a brand new set of Stainless brake hoses for the C6 Che'vette.

I never installed them on my car. I do miss my C6 Z51 spec car. Drive it almost everyday for three years sold it with 110k miles on it and a few track weekends.

Out of all the cars that I have owned if I had to drive a 1000 miles in one day it would be what I would grab.

Simply a wonderful car.

C6Z under $30k, why not?
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not me.

If I was a Vette buyer in today's market, it would be a C7 Z06 3LZ, with the manual. Can't get three pedals in the C8, which also had it's rear end FUBAR'ed when it was required to hold two bags of golf clubs ( I read that on the internets, so it must be true).